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Hi there - I had a look at the gallery pics of Axies with great interest last evening. Now, I thought that one of the defining points of an axolotl was toe count - 4 on the front & five on the back feet (as a general rule, discounting nibbles & other random losses......). Anyway, there appeared to be several pictues of 5-front-toed individuals.

Anyone comment on this?

Heather
 
Axolotls often regenerate with alacrity. What was once one toe can become two. The axolotl doesn't even have to lose the first toe - an injury can result in a second toe, too. One of mine has six toes on the hind foot.

-Eva
 
Yeah. Mine used to have a toe on her back foot that was growing another toe from it, and she had an extra toe on one of the front feet. i think it's cute when they have weird things like that.

Claire
 
I once had an axie (Pepper) who had 8 toes on one of his back feet! I thought that was really cool.
 
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